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Method and apparatus for producing an optical disk having a read-only area and a rewritable area

US5422871A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1993
Grant dateJun 6, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2020/1259
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method produces and an apparatus includes an optical disk, with a center, having a rewritable area and a read-only area located further out from the center than the rewritable area. The method includes the steps of and the apparatus includes units for registering first management information concerning a dummy file in a file address management area located further in toward the center than the rewritable area, the dummy file having a capacity corresponding to that of the rewritable area; registering second management information concerning files to be written into the read-only area in the file address management area so that the second management information is subsequent to the first management information and registering the files into the read-only area; and erasing the first management information from the file address management area.

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